slatey
/ (ˈsleɪtɪ) /
Irish informal slightly mad; crazy
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How to use slatey in a sentence
It's a roughish crossing at slatey Bar,' and he pointed towards the river, which we could plainly hear rushing over a rocky bed.
Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf BoldrewoodAnd all the time those slatey ledges of water kept languidly lifting themselves and suddenly dropping, as if they were alive.
The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland | J. Irwin BrownThe poet's tomb was disappointing in its unlovely simplicity, its stern, slatey hue.
Phantom Fortune, A Novel | M. E. BraddonHere is a stratum of coffee-coloured slatey substance in layers like those of the Wianamatta shale.
The Jenolan Caves | Samuel CookAfter a late fall of snow he beheld it wrapped in ermine, standing above mud-coloured water, against a light slatey sky.
His Masterpiece | Emile Zola
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